ART COLLECTORS are like swallows. They flock together, preen(梳羽打扮) and feed (on canapés and champagne). They also migrate seasonally. In October they roost(栖息) in Paris during Art Basel(巴塞尔艺术展), which runs from October 21st-25th. (The early birds landed in London for Frieze(弗里兹艺博会), another art fair, the previous week.) In December they head to Miami; in March to Maastricht; in May to New York; and in June to the original Basel in Switzerland. And that does not include the more adventurous ones, who zoom off(疾驰而去) to fairs in Doha, Hong Kong and Seoul.
艺术收藏家就像燕子。他们成群结队，梳羽打扮，觅食充饥（吃的是小点心和香槟）。他们也随季节迁徙。十月，他们在巴黎的巴塞尔艺术展期间栖息，该展会于10月21日至25日举行。（早起的鸟儿们前一周已飞抵伦敦参加另一个艺博会——弗里兹。）十二月他们前往迈阿密；三月去马斯特里赫特；五月去纽约；六月去瑞士的巴塞尔原址。这还不包括那些更爱冒险的，他们飞往多哈、香港和首尔的艺博会。
It is as exhausting as it sounds. “Everyone is talking about art-fair fatigue(疲劳),” says Aurelie Cauchy of the Twentieth, an advisory firm. In 2025 there were 370 major art fairs—more than one for every day of the year. That is up from(从……上升而来) around 55 in 2000, says Clare McAndrew, an art economist. Can collectors and dealers maintain their current pace? Beneath the glass roof of the sun-drenched Grand Palais, where Art Basel Paris takes place, there is more gloom than the Instagram posts would have you believe (and not just because of the recent unrest in France).(在阳光洒满的巴黎大皇宫玻璃穹顶下——巴黎巴塞尔艺术展的举办地——气氛比Instagram帖子所呈现的要阴郁得多（而且不仅仅是因为法国近期的动荡）。)
这听起来有多累，实际就有多累。“人人都在谈论艺博会疲劳，”咨询公司“第二十”的奥雷莉·科希说。2025年全球有370场大型艺博会——比一年中的每一天还多。艺术经济学家克莱尔·麦克安德鲁说，这一数字较2000年的约55场大幅上升。收藏家和经销商能保持目前的节奏吗？在阳光洒满的巴黎大皇宫玻璃穹顶下——巴黎巴塞尔艺术展的举办地——气氛比Instagram帖子所呈现的要阴郁得多（而且不仅仅是因为法国近期的动荡）。
Gallerists are facing what the French call a choix cornélien(两难抉择) (difficult choice), says Ms Cauchy. The cost of keeping a physical storefront(店面) is growing, but fewer clients are casually popping in. Recently, some have had to lay off(裁员) staff or close up(关门停业) entirely. Dealers feel pressure to keep travelling to fairs in order to find new clients and keep the artists they represent happy.
科希女士说，画廊经营者正面临法国人所说的“科内利安抉择”（两难选择）。维持实体店面的成本在上涨，但随意进店的客户却越来越少。最近，一些画廊不得不裁员或彻底关门。经销商感到压力，不得不继续奔波于各个艺博会，以寻找新客户并让他们代理的艺术家满意。